Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.2 Scientific Classification.. 3
2.1 Early Botanical Collectors in West Africa. 6
2.2 Fatty Acid Compositions. 7
2.3 The Nutritional Composition and Storage Stability of Millet8
2.5 Hydrocarbon, Sterols and Tocopherols in the Seeds of Six Adansonia Species.9
3.4 Moisture Content Determination.. 14
3.5 Determination of Specific Gravity of the Oil20
4.0 Result and Discussion.. 22
5.0 Conclusions and Recommendation.. 26
ABSTRACT
The Baobab seed was analysed for moisture content, Ash content and fat content while the oil extracted from the seed was analysed for various oil characteristics and nutritive values. The seed contain 8 Moisture, 12.5 Ash and 25 fat. The saponification value mgKOH/g of oil, peroxide value Meq/100g, Acid value mgNAOH/g of oil, free fatty Acid, specific gravity and refractive index of the oil are; 70.125, 4.06, 2.6, 1.833, 0.8755 and 1.4625 respectively. The result for the various mineral constituents, Mn, Mg, Ca, Pb, Fe and Zn, ranged between 0.00 7.6mg/l. Mn is absent in the oil while Fe has the highest concentration of 7.6ppm.
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